IRS to update Allowable Living Expense standards for 2023

Allowable Living Expense (ALE) standards for 2023 will be available April 24. The ALE standards reduce subjectivity when determining what a taxpayer may claim as basic living expenses to avoid undue hardship when the taxpayer must delay full payment of a delinquent tax. The standard allowances provide consistency and fairness in collection determinations by incorporating average expenditures for necessities for citizens in similar geographic areas.